
According to the National Bank of Moldova, the demand for the purchase of foreign currency for Moldovan lei in April increased by 20.6% – to 324 million euros, while the sales volume decreased by 7.5% – to 76 million euros.
At the same time, transactions with euros dominated the total turnover of foreign currency cash. They amounted to 308 million euros or 77% of the total turnover (up 19%).
The volume of transactions with the US dollar in April decreased by 6.2% to 56 million euros, accounting for 14% of the turnover.
Transactions with the Russian ruble revived, jumping by 5.3%. Such transactions grew to EUR 2 mln, taking 0.5% of the total turnover.
The demand for Romanian leu is still growing: its growth was at the level of 15%. The volume of such transactions reached 8.5 million euros, or 2% of the total turnover.
The purchase and sale of the Ukrainian hryvnia slumped strongly, decreasing by 25%. The volume of hryvnia did not exceed 0.6 million euros, which is only 0.2% of the total turnover.